directory and file difference

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2012-06-15T21:59:00

The Directory and File objects are different because the targets they describe are different. A Directory refers to a disk directory (or similar) which contains a collection of Files.

If you like, think of a Directory as a special type of file which tells you where to go to get to each file. It's wrong in many ways, but it may help you to think about the structures a little better.

So a Directory object does directory related things, like listing the files in it, while a File object does file related things, like listing the file attributes, the size, and so forth.

For more detail, see the Directory class[^] and File class[^], both on MSDN